Excerpt: “Churches assembled by such a process in both cases are evangelistically challenged. They may believe the gospel. They may preach the gospel on Sunday mornings in their “services” but they have formed not around new believers and their nascent faith but around the felt needs of the already converted and their desire to grow … More Growing a Church that Does More than Cook Fish
Balancing Rocks Don’t Just Happen If you spend much time around as many churches as I do, you meet some truly great saints of God–men and women whose growth in grace inspires a longing for a deeper walk with Jesus in ways that jump start renewed zeal for holiness. At the church I planted in … More Why are Christians So Immature?
Those of you who know me know that I am an unabashed, constant propagandist for missionary biographies. There is such wonder and glory wrapped up in the stories of simple faithfulness, even amidst tragedy and heartbreaking loss. When faithful believers in obedience to Christ tell others of the wonder of the Savior and trust God … More Weep Over the Greatness of the Gospel
Saturday Morning Musing Christianity is Not Safe. Christianity is not safe because Jesus was not safe. He sent his first disciples out into the world “like lambs in the midst of wolves” (Luke 10:3) and He hasn’t changed. He still sends us out to give testimony to Him at the risk of us. He knows … More The Doctrine of “Self-Safety”
Recently found this article of sanity on the need to simply proclaim the gospel. Good read. Click on the link below and have your heart both instructed and encouraged. Source: The Foolish Quest for a “Silver Bullet” in Global Missions
This from John Nolte’s review of the new movie, A Wrinkle in Time: “Moreover, to remove Christianity from the movie, most especially when it is so integral to the original story, is not an act of inclusiveness, but rather another bigoted and hostile act from an increasingly provincial and small-minded entertainment industry.” That sentence, which ends the … More Quotes Not to Miss
This from John Nolte’s review of the new movie, A Wrinkle in Time: “Moreover, to remove Christianity from the movie, most especially when it is so integral to the original story, is not an act of inclusiveness, but rather another bigoted and hostile act from an increasingly provincial and small-minded entertainment industry.” That sentence, which … More Quotes Not to Miss
No nation produces better novelists than Russia. It isn’t even close. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pasternack, Chekhov, Nabakov, Solzhenitsyn, Turgenev, these are men whose greatest books are worthy of being read multiple times and who have enraptured the imagination of millions all over the world. Crime and Punishment and the Brothers Karamozov by Dostoevsky are filled with such … More The Lies We Tell Ourselves
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Sunday Afternoon Musings This morning I preached the third message from Luke 15. The so-called “Parable of the Prodigal Son” is perhaps the best know and the worst titled parable of all of Jesus’ masterpieces. Some have called it the greatest short story ever told. Jesus is hunting hearts.…
Jars of Clay There is no morning when our hearts shouldn’t pray similar prayers. Friday is my day off, but we never take a day off from loving, serving, and following Jesus. May your heart rise to worship Him who died and rose for you
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